Getting closer to being done. We have a deck on now!
As you can see by the leaves falling in the pictures I am running out of time. The temperature must be above 60F to be able to use polyester resin. Its been in the 60F-70F range all week, barely warm enough, so much so I am using 1.5% -2% MEKP hardener to quicken the cure in colder temps.
I installed the deck wood starting at the transom working forward, using Loctite PL glue and 1″ stainless steel screws.
Control cables through the box and the rest is straight forward. A bead of PL glue around the whole perimeter edge that was once the old deck that the new deck now rests on at the edges and also PL glue on all the cross beams. There is no need for screws around the perimeter since the deck will be fiber glassed to the inner walls of the hull. Screws every foot or so on the crossbeams
Locktite PL glue is very water and weather resistant is exterior rated, very strong and cheap. Only $4 bucks a cartridge.
Don’t forget to mark the side walls to show where the beams are under the deck for the purpose of being able to locate the beams to put screws in.
I cant stress this part enough, install the bulk heads and cross beams at 48″ on center to be sure the edge of each piece of plywood has a place to rest on and be screwed to.
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